Hi all and -Borg-,

I'm currently building a photo gallery at the moment, and I've just been asked to integrate some form of buying for the photos. The website has a good members system, and the gallery section can only be viewed if they are logged in. So security is OK, but what I'd like to know, is how integrate the buying in with the gallery e.g. What about if I have special requirements and PayPal only accepts ItemID, ItemName, ItemPrice, Shipping?

Do I add records to the db before they go to PayPal, what the best process of a buying system?

It doesn't have to be really advanced e.g. Add to Cart, Clear Cart. All I need to do is add something to the detail page for a photo then let them buy it and then get a reply via email etc.

An example of the process I would like to integrate can be viewed here: http://www.webwiz.net/purchase/default.asp - http://www.webwiz.net/purchase/default.asp

Thanks for your time, I appreciate it

Here's a little PayPal link that has worked for me:

   ' Create PayPal URL.
   strPayPalURL = " https://www.paypal.com/xclick/ - https://www.paypal.com/xclick/ "
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "business=" & Server.URLEncode(mstrPayPalEmail)
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&item_name=" & Server.URLEncode("The Company Name - License Purchase")
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&amount=" & Server.URLEncode(LicenseTotal)
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&no_shipping=" & Server.URLEncode("1")
   ' THE FOLLOWING 2 LINES ARE COMMENTED OUT.
'   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&return=" & Server.URLEncode(mstrSiteMain & "/orderconfirm.asp?paypalstatus=success")
'   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&cancel_return=" & Server.URLEncode(mstrSiteMain & "/orderconfirm.asp?paypalstatus=cancel")
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&no_note=" & Server.URLEncode("1")
   strPayPalURL = strPayPalURL & "&currency_code=" & Server.URLEncode("USD")

And here is more about the PayPal stuff:

You can set what page on your site that PayPal is to go to if there was success and you can set another page for if there was a cancel.  And these URLs CAN contain a query string such as http://www.mysite.com/mypage.asp?paypalstatus=success - http://www.mysite.com/mypage.asp?paypalstatus=success and of course could include a user ID or transaction ID or something too.

PayPal
http://www.paypal.com - http://www.paypal.com
Then click on Merchant Tools.

Buy Now Buttons
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/singleitem-intro-outside - http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/singleite m-intro-outside

Buy Now Buttons Manual (PDF)
https://www.paypal.com/html/single_item.pdf - https://www.paypal.com/html/single_item.pdf
Especially see p. 20 "Sample HTML Code for a Buy Now Button"
And p. 21 "Sample Buy Now Hyperlink" and HTML and Hyperlink Variables

I would recommend My ASP PayPal E-Goods Protector : http://www.kattouf.com/mypaypalprotector/ - http://www.kattouf.com/mypaypalprotector/

Great product which I am sure you could use to fit your needs.

The author is Johnny Kattouf : http://www.kattouf.com/ - http://www.kattouf.com/